Warembori
[aka Warenbori, Waremboivoro,]Classification: Lower Mamberamo
·endangered
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Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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600-700
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"The three villages that are home to the Warembori language are (proceeding from east to west) Warembori, Tamakuri and Bonoi; each of these villages have approximately 200-300 inhabitants, and each is fairly homogenous in makeup."
- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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"Children under the age of twenty do not display any ability to speak the language at all; as a result of this, the language must be considered at the least highly endangered, though more likely moribund. This loss of transmission must have occurred quite recently; young adults, male and female alike, in their twenties are hesitant but competent in their production of Warembori, and all adults above 30 regularly use the language in all aspects of life, apart from communication to children."
- INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
- Small picture dictionary (1998), language primer Ekeoina (1998)
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Yoke
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"Marriage is usually with other Warembori speakers.... The most common links outside the other Warembori villages are with the Yoke, to the east (and inland), who speak a related language."
- PLACES
- New Guinea, Indonesia
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Warembori, Tamakuri and Bonoi villages
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"The Warembori language (locally: Waremboivoro) is spoken by the inhabitants of three villages located along the north-western coast of New Guinea, at and to the west of the mouth of the Mamberamo river, split between the districts (kabupaten) of Yapen-Waropen and Jayapura, in Irian Jaya."